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TWO WHEELED VEHICLE No. 376,486. Patented'Jan. 17,1888.

A/ihiewes I I Invenlor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. EIX, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO E AETHUE sToNE, 0EsAME PLACE.

TWO-WHEELE D VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,486, dated January1'7, 1888. Application filed July 19, 1887. Serial Y0. 244,729. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. RIX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Two- Wheeled Vehicle, of which the followingis a specification.

' This invention more particularly relates to an invention patented tome February 1, 1887, No. 357,156; and it has for its object thebelow-described improvement, substantially as claimed.

Inthc drawing forming a part of this specification is shown aperspective view'of broken details with the axle in cross section.

Referring to the letters of reference, A is the axle, B the thill, G thehanger, and E the spring,-as in the patent above referred to.

' The improvements in the present instance refer to the spring-supportD, which has a rearwardly-extendingclip-plate,S, beneath the axleintegral with said support D, and it may have a plain lateral extension,6, beneath the clip-plate of the thill integral with the clipplate S.The support Din the present case is extended upward at the side of theshank of thethill. Below the upper eyed end of the support D is a lug,(1, extending laterally to the thill, and thence bent at right angles tofit against the side of the thill B, to which it is bolted. This forms aguide to fix the distance between the thill and support, prevents theweightof the bodybearing upon the arched spring E and hanger G frombending the hanger toward the body, and the strain comes lengthwise onthe bolt through the thill, and hence there is no danger of splittingthe latter. Such a spring-support is safe, cheaply produced, and savesmuch time and labor in putting up the vehicle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is e In a vehicle ofthe style referred to, the spring-support comprising as an integralwhole the upright body part, the right-angled clip plate, the upperturned eyed end, and the lug belou said end extending laterally,.andthence at right angles, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name inpresence of two witnesses.

' BENJAMIN F. RIX.

NVitnesses:

R. ARTHUR STONE, N. D. CARPENTER.

